''Onslaught'' is an

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created by

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in 2007 to promote the Dove Self-Esteem Fund. It is the third such piece to be released, following ''Daughters'' and ''

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''. As with the previous spots, the 80-second spot was managed by

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and was directed by Tim Piper. The campaign won a number of prestigious awards from within the advertising industry, including at the

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. The film begins opening titles along with the song "La Breeze", by the now-defunct English band

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. It then dissolves to the face of a young girl. The song keeps building, repeating the lyrics "Here it comes... Here it comes..." The music takes off and the little girl is quickly followed by a bombardment of fictionalized images, video clips, product shots and advertisements, all illustrating of the impossible standards of beauty in modern media. The film ends with a shot of the same girl walking to school with her classmates, and the text "talk to your daughter before the beauty industry does" appears on the screen. The viewer is then invited to the Campaign for Real Beauty's website.

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In 2008

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made a spoof based on the piece titled "Dove Onslaught(er)". Greenpeace was criticizing

for using

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in its products because of the

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from palm oil plantations. The video was a part of a campaign against Dove. As of December 2013 the parody has over 2 million total views."Greenpeace Puts Dove In Their Sights And Fires Off Viral "Onslaught(er)" Video"
Digital Journal. Jun 24th 2010.

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Dove Onslaught(er) video
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